What a discovery! The two-mile trail winds through woods and open meadow and skirts a small dam. We saw ducks and geese in the lake and turtles sunning themselves on a log.
And then there were the breathtaking colors: The brilliant scarlet of the maples, the glow-from-within orange of the American beech and the sunny yellows of the tulip tree.
We had a flurry of excitement at the end of our walk, including a car that wouldn't start. But what lingers in my mind now is the beauty of the stroll ... and of the company.